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Positioning assembly for positioning a container on a platform

US6666633B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 14, 2002
Grant dateDec 23, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 14, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D2590/0016
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A positioning assembly includes a first connecting rod with a threaded end section, a second connecting rod with a threaded end section, an adjusting member having two opposite threaded ends that threadedly engage the threaded end sections of the first and second connecting rods and an intermediate section extending between the threaded ends, and a restricting member mounted on one of the first and second connecting rods and releasably engageable with the intermediate section when said one of the first and second connecting rods rotates relative to the adjusting member in a loosening direction, thereby preventing further rotation of said one of the first and second connecting rods relative to the adjusting member.

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